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Synonyms for mulish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : myoo-lish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmyu lɪʃ |
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Définition of mulish
Origin :- 1751, from mule (n.1) + -ish. Related: Mulishly; mulishness.
- adj obstinate
- I was just mulish, I guess, because you were trying to stampede me.
- Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
- He had a will of his own; and he was obstinate, mulish, pig-headed.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- He was backing his judgment—or was it only his mulish obstinacy?
- Extract from : « The Man from the Bitter Roots » by Caroline Lockhart
- They were actually the most obstinate, headstrong, mulish people that you could ever imagine.
- Extract from : « Wounds in the rain » by Stephen Crane
- The mulish look comes into her face—the look he has begun to know so well.
- Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton
- Mr. Spokesly assumed a mulish expression and said, No, he hadn't.
- Extract from : « Command » by William McFee
- But here, to my horror, that young man's mulish obstinacy came in.
- Extract from : « Allan and the Holy Flower » by H. Rider Haggard
- It was a fine, young chestnut gelding with a Roman nose and long, mulish ears.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He knew this and yet he felt obstinate, mulish almost, as he sat down to reply non-committally to Miss Van Tuyn's letter.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
- Powell mounted The Rabbit, a plain bay country-bred much like Corks, but with mulish ears.
- Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling
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